Just what will 2011 have in store?

A Happy New Year to all my readers - and from the number of hits on my blog, I'd say that was all three of you :) Still, one can only try.

So, we're now into 2011 - the second decade of the 21st century. Yes, yes I know, some would argue that last year was the first year of the second decade but I beg to differ as the century really started with 2001 (2000 was only the numerical change from the 1990s to the 2000s).

What will this year bring? Are we out of the recession yet or stalling towards another dip? So here are my predictions for the year ahead:

• Don't go thinking you can safely spend all of that money you've been hoarding during the recession. We're not out of the woods yet. There'll be no recovery in 2011. The best we can hope for is a year of "treading water";
• Terrorism will rear its ugly head again this year, with a high profile incident in a Western country. It's inevitable;
• More weird weather. Birds are falling out of the skies in the US, Italy and Sweden. Remember "The Day After Tomorrow"? Something odd is going on;
• Oil prices will remain high as OPEC squeezes the life out of those countries dependent upon them;
• Several high profile airlines will go under due to the cumulative impact of weather, volcanoes and passenger traffic declining;
  
• The world will keep on turning and night will follow day.

OK, I'm only sure about the last one there. What predictions do you make for 2011?